When I publish an entry, two or three websites are automatically ‘pinged’. I just added two short entries, saving time by doing them in one session, and I knew the ping would not work. But I was surprised to get the following snotty message (presumably cut off at ‘life’):

bq. Ping ‘http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2’ failed: Ping error: Thanks for the ping, however we can only accept one ping every half-hour. It’s cool that you’re updating so often, however, if I may be so bold as to offer some advice — take a break, you’ll enjoy li

Well, weblogs.com, it’s cool that you have time to tell me how to organize my life.